DINOSAUR WITH 500 TEETH FOUND!

Nigersaurus.

Pronounced: as “NYE-jer-SORE-us”.

The Nigersaurus is the dinosaur that had 500 teeth: 

  • Features: The Nigersaurus was a sauropod dinosaur with a long neck and a broad, straight-edged muzzle. Its teeth were arranged in a long, straight line, forming a shovel-like shape.
  • Teeth: The Nigersaurus had over 500 slender, replaceable teeth. It had up to eight replacements stacked beneath each tooth, allowing it to continually shed and replenish its teeth.
  • Feeding: The Nigersaurus was a herbivore that used its long neck to consume treetop vegetation. It likely replaced each “new” tooth after just 14 days.
  • Discovery: The original fossil skull of Nigersaurus was one of the first dinosaur skulls to be digitally reconstructed from CT scans.
  • Nicknames: The Nigersaurus was dubbed a “Mesozoic cow” in the press.
  • Fossils: The fossils of the Nigersaurus are housed at the National Museum of Niger.
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